The Resource Alex through the looking-glass : how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers, Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy
Alex through the looking-glass : how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers, Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy
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The item Alex through the looking-glass : how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers, Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Alex through the looking-glass : how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers, Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- From triangles, rotations and power laws, to fractals, cones and curves, bestselling author Alex Bellos takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit, engaging stories and limitless enthusiasm. As he narrates a series of eye-opening encounters with lively personalities all over the world, Alex demonstrates how numbers have come to be our friends, are fascinating and extremely accessible, and how they have changed our world. He turns even the dreaded calculus into an easy-to-grasp mathematical exposition, and sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to reveal the world's favourite number
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781408817773
- Label
- Alex through the looking-glass : how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers
- Title
- Alex through the looking-glass
- Title remainder
- how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers
- Statement of responsibility
- Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From triangles, rotations and power laws, to fractals, cones and curves, bestselling author Alex Bellos takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit, engaging stories and limitless enthusiasm. As he narrates a series of eye-opening encounters with lively personalities all over the world, Alex demonstrates how numbers have come to be our friends, are fascinating and extremely accessible, and how they have changed our world. He turns even the dreaded calculus into an easy-to-grasp mathematical exposition, and sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to reveal the world's favourite number
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bellos, Alex
- Dewey number
- 510
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- The Surreal McCoy
- The Surreal McCoy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mathematics
- Popular Science and Mathematics
- Label
- Alex through the looking-glass : how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers, Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 3566689
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781408817773
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour)
- System control number
- (StDuBDSZ)BDZ0021469172
- Label
- Alex through the looking-glass : how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers, Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 3566689
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781408817773
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white, and colour)
- System control number
- (StDuBDSZ)BDZ0021469172
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